The Harpers Ferry anthology
Subtitle: Civil War era stories by park rangers and volunteers
By: Catherine Baldau, ed
Publisher: Donning Co. Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781578647125
Subjects: Anecdotes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: "To bring on the battle" / David Fox; title: Two causes: John Brown and Edmund Ruffin at Harpers Ferry / Gary L. Crowell; title: John Brown's fort / Darlene Hassler Godwin; title: Touched by John Brown: relics and curios, jimcracks and notions / Jim Koenig; title: Governor Wise's war: Alfred E. Barbour and the plot to force Virginia secession / John M. Rudy; title: "To destroy what I cannot defend" / Eugene Wilkins; title: The arsenal uncovered / Darlene Hassler Godwin; title: In good hands: Jackson's new recruits at Harpers Ferry / Autumn Cook; title: The house on High Street / John F. King; title: War on their doorstep / David Fox; title: A patriot of Pennsylvania at Harpers Ferry / Tyler Gum; title: The Battle of Bolivar Heights / Jeff Bowers; title: In the line of fire: the Marmion family of Harpers Ferry / Creighton Waters; title: Between the devil and the deep sea / Catherine Baldau; title: The citadel of Harpers Ferry / Dennis Frye; title: "Thus we were surrounded": a union artilleryman at the Battle of Harpers Ferry / Casimer J. Rosiecki III; title: A stand on the Potomac / David L. Larsen; title: "Little did I think so many of us would die": union soldiers at Camp Douglas / Marsha Wassel; title: House arrest: Mary Entler's adventure in Harpers Ferry / Catherine Baldau; title: The value of a human life / Melinda Day; title: The annual skedaddle (or, how a forgotten military action at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, may have saved the city of Washington, D.C., and the union in the summer of 1864) / John R. Powell; title: A piece of the past / Darlene Hassler Godwin; title: The cost of war / David Fox; title: Two meetings / David Fox.